Bill Text: NY S01376 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Encourages farmers' markets in state parks by posting related information, identifying opportunities and coordinating with other state agencies.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-09 - REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION [S01376 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01376-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1376

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO, BORRELLO, HELMING, HINCHEY, MAY, O'MARA,
          ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to  the  Committee  on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and
          Recreation

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to farmers' markets in state and local parks

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3.09 of the parks, recreation and historic  preser-
     2  vation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 24 to read as follows:
     3    24.  Encourage  and promote farmers' markets which offer for sale farm
     4  and food products, as such terms are  defined  in  section  two  hundred
     5  sixty of the agriculture and markets law, at state parks when such farm-
     6  ers'  market  does  not harm the natural environment or integrity of the
     7  park.  Such promotion shall include but not be limited to:
     8    (a)  posting  information  on  the  office's  website  pertaining   to
     9  locations and times of operation for such farmers' markets held in state
    10  parks;
    11    (b) identifying opportunities to expand farmers' markets to additional
    12  state park locations; and
    13    (c)  coordinating with other state agencies, including but not limited
    14  to empire state  development  and  the  department  of  agriculture  and
    15  markets, to further the goals of this subdivision.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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